Building the CarryDrop simulation in Eclipse

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Building the CarryDrop simulation in Eclipse

• Creating a new project with existing code from
  John Murphys RePast tutorial

2
Preparation

• For these slides you will need
• The Eclipse IDE installed and running.
• Access to the source code from John Murphys
  RePast tutorial, step 14.

3
Creating a new project

• Start Eclipse
• Go to File -gt Project
• In the New Project dialog box select Java
  Project and hit the Next button
• In the next screen, name the project and choose a
  location.
• Leave the default setting for the project layout.

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Creating a new project cont.

• Add RePast to the build path under the
  Libraries tab.
• Click the Finish button.

Please refer to Installing Repast in the Eclipse
IDE under section IV.B of the RePast Study Group
homepage for details on adding the RePast jar to
a project build path.
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Creating a new class

• Now that we have the project established we can
  add the first new class.
• Go to File-gtNew-gtClass.
• A New Class window should appear.
• For the Package, enter demo
• For Name, enter CarryDropModel.
• Leave all other settings at default values.
• Hit the Finish button.

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The first class CarryDropModel

• Go to step 14 of Murphys tutorial.
• In your browser, select all the Java code for the
  CarryDropModel class and go to Edit-gtCopy
• In Eclipse, select all the pre-written code in
  the new CarryDropModel

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The first class CarryDropModel

• Go to Edit-gtPaste.
• The code from the tutorial webpage should have
  now replaced the pre-written code.

8
Adding the other classes

• Save the CarryDropModel in Eclipse and it is done
• Repeat the previous steps to create new classes,
  copy code from the tutorial, and paste it in
  Eclipse for both CarryDropAgent and
  CarryDropSpace.
• The CarryDrop simulation is now in Eclipse and
  ready to be run.

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The CaryyDrop simulation

• To start the simulation, go to Run-gtRun
• In the Run dialog box CarryDropModel,
• make sure the Project name is correct
• the Main Class box has demo.CarryDropModel
• Hit the Run button

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The CarryDrop Simulation

• RePast will start
• Press the Initialize button
• The CarryDropModel window will appear with the
  initialized money space.